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[This guy looks way too cheerful for someone who’s just abruptly found himself in the middle of a starry blackness.]

My, my, this looks like it might be troublesome. [He looks around.] Gojyo? Sanzo, Goku?

...I guess I’m here on my own. [He smiles blandly into the darkness.] ...Well, I doubt that, actually. It’s awfully rude to leave your guests waiting in the darkness, you know. I have dinner on the stove, so I’d really prefer to get this over with, if it’s not too much trouble. [The smile turns dangerously cheerful, and his monocle glints ominously.] I might even let you go, if you make it quick!

[The darkness does not respond, and Hakkai shakes his head in disappointment.] I suppose it was too much to hope that it might be over with so soon, wasn’t it? Ah, well. [His hand reaches up to stroke the furred crest of the little white dragon perched across his shoulders, and it emits a soft ‘kyuu’.] I guess we should see if there’s something more interesting in those buildings, shouldn’t we, Hakuryu?

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Can't imagine why they'd say. Doesn't that bias the results? How could we expect scientists to compromise their work for the sake of ethics or our peace of mind? It's positively counter-Enlightenment. It's Luddite. It's Philistine. You would have to be from the Dark Ages to expect it. I'm not.

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I believe there are ethical questions to be addressed, but if they aren't asking our permission before engaging us, there really can't be much expectation of ethics in the first place. [He's actually kind of fun to talk to, although Hakkai certainly knows better than to relax.] You mentioned something about returning home - shouldn't that compromise the integrity of the experiment, too?

[His razor grin is lopsided.] Wherever it goes, the actions of a guinea pig are still nothing but a part of an experiment. [There's the way he says it, with strange certainty. They're words he has heard before, an idea he has had drilled into his head in different ways since he was created. Then he goes bright again.] Which would make our homes designated subjects as well! What an honour for... wherever you're from.

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[Ah. So that's the way it is, is it? Hakkai's smile widens - his teeth are human, but the sentiment underneath it is just as sharp. Experiments combining magic and science, affecting the entire world in their grip...it's all just too familiar.] I see. They seem rather impatient, unfortunately - it'd make things so much simpler if they would wait their turn, but clearly decorum is too much to expect.

[It would be too convenient to hope that those running the Gyuumaoh resurrection experiments might come into conflict with these people, whoever they may be. Speaking of which-] Do you know who's running the experiments, by any chance? I would like the opportunity to clarify a few things with them directly.

[Even with human teeth, Hakkai's message comes across. Though Christopher doesn't bother to attend to it.] Didn't ask. The people at that shop of theirs don't seem to have anything to do with it. But you could always call into the abyss. After all, if they're always listening, they already know you want to talk.

[Liza is always there when Christopher needs to a word with her, always, even if she is ignoring him. Christopher still has no idea how Sham, Hilton, and Liza do it, but he knows what it means when someone's always watching: "don't call us; we'll call you."]